By Negativland (1991)
On album Guns (1991)

…the women had been ignored"
"I, I like the, the feeling of, of the machine gun in my hands"
(Aaahhh.)
"you know, I, I
like…
…we go, 30
Rounds"
"the women had been ignored"
"I like the, the feeling of, of the machine gun in my hands"
(Aaahhh)
"got to be…
…an addiction!"
"you know, I, I like the, the feeling of, of the machine gun in my
Hands ... got to be an addiction with me!" (Aaahhhh…

…vetoed
Im a man of the people they fans of my ego
Demands are illegal I tell you the plan to be equal
They throw they hands up…
…applause
Hands out reading my lines feeling the world in my palms
Im hoping regret takes over you
You lost me and you won't improve…
…one swipe
Her mood be the grims scythe
Silent killer still coming for me
Suppressor on cupids bow can't hear that you adore me…

…the lessons taught
Humanity's trail has come to verdict
Ultimate holocaust
I can't see a happy ending in this world
Time runs short…
…walking
Hand in hand with death
More and more our life is
Shifting to the end
What can explain why we
Destroy what's in our hand
No mercy to be…
…on a
Neverending search
Not that we are condemned
Now we understand
Get the message clear - we'll
All end up in fear
Dreams slip away - lifetime in…

I'm the focal
I don't deal with you dudes who seem to think that I got my deal out the blue
Four years ago sh*t I was feelin' like…
…you
With five bucks to my name, rips and tears in my shoes
Borrowin' outfits, no food starvin' that's mouse sh*t
But now that…
…walkin in the bank, tryin to get my good house and my mortgage and they think that I'm fraudulent
Think I can't afford it when the pores of my…

I'm the focal
I don't deal with you dudes who seem to think that I got my deal out the blue
Four years ago shit I was feelin' like…
…you
With five bucks to my name, rips and tears in my shoes
Borrowin' outfits, no food starvin' that's mouse shit
But now that…
…walkin in the bank, tryin to get my good house and my mortgage and they think that I'm fraudulent
Think I can't afford it when the pores of my…

I'm the focal
I don't deal with you dudes who seem to think that I got my deal out the blue
Four years ago sh*t I was feelin' like…
…you
With five bucks to my name, rips and tears in my shoes
Borrowin' outfits, no food starvin' that's mouse sh*t
But now that…
…walkin in the bank, tryin to get my good house and my mortgage and they think that I'm fraudulent
Think I can't afford it when the pores of my…

…testify, and heal my pride, lord
I know that you provide all my life, God
That's why I testify, with hands up high, lord
You're…
…my heavenly bank
Church is the place where I learned to forgive
No longer afflicted or hurt by those kids
No longer defined by the places…
…put my hands up high, way up high, lord
Knows I gotta testify, and heal my pride, lord
I know that you provide all my life, God
That's why I testify, with hands up high, lord…

…sighing is the sighing of the stars
But to the silence of distance they are sworn
So dance dance dance
Teach us to be true
Come…
…he screams the longer he's ignored
For the wine of oblivion is drunk to the dregs;
The merchants of the masses almost have to be…
Gracefully he bows to the ovations that he gets
But the hands that are applauding him are slippery with sweat
And saliva is falling from…

…as a falling star is raised.
The planets are paralyzed; the mountains are amazed.
But they all glow brighter in…
…the wind and mingle with the morn.
An assault upon the order, the changing of the guard.
Chosen for a challenge that is hopelessly hard.
And the only single sign is the sighing of the stars.
To the silence of distance they are…
…style.
Excitement is ecstatic; Passion places bets.
Gracefully he bows to ovations that he gets
But the hands that are applauding are…

…[Intro]
Ey yo, these demons are battlin'
Talkin' to God, askin' him
Help me to do good
I can't go back to being bad again…
…that's forbidden
Livin' in contradictions
To all of my convictions
I listen
To men and women making predictions
That…
…of blackness
Drownin' in the sadness
I'm just prayin' that God can help me find some peace amongst the madness
[Verse 2]
Just when I feel…

…In 1986, when I was coming of age, Ronald Reagan doubled down on the war on drugs, that had been started by Richard Nixon in…
…hand out mandatory sentences to Black and Latinos with drug cases. If you're entrepreneurial living in one of the many states that are…
…drug charges, caught by poor people who sold drugs for living but are now prohibited from participating in one of the fastest growing…
By Y$l Blvze (2021)
On album Power ! (2021)

For heaven sake, can't you drive curves need fucking brakes
You need a slower pace grounded with some sober days
Niggas been bitching from the start that…
…shit I can't erase
And now they coming for the beast that shit I can't escape
They claiming the one to beat that shit I…
…know
Only two years more, did they get to hear the flow
And like that man I was known, end of the year can't be ignored
Don't like…

…- knocked sideways–
There is always this feeling -
of discontent–
Like something is off…
I can't put my finger on why–
Who wants to be…
…my first time"
but - not my last….(wink)
– I'm planning a mysterious coup–
Want to get in on it–
Julian Assange?
Is it healthy, to be…
…desired–
The world creeps up on you–
and there you are,
ALL over the place-
places you never intended to be– (desert storm?)
(soldiers)
I am human you…

…on
His
Head are many diadems or victory crowns
Who's the
Victor fit to be crowned in human history now
With a name
Written all over Him that…
…and the high priest said to Him; "I adjure
You by the living God that you tell us whether you are the
Christ the son of God."
In…
…is time
Peaking, but I'm speaking of His humanity - every man and
Then every woman
Who lives in vanity will be saying at the
Second coming
Set the hands…

…recognizing unholy ways
On His Head are many diadems, or victory crowns
Who's the victor fit to be crowned in human history now…
Him will arise
Believers who are alive become a maturated order
And caught up in the clouds like evaporated water
To be…
…and then every woman
Who lives in vanity will be saying at the second coming
Set the hands of time back, please God, rewind that…